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Charlotte Selby Martin
5 Apr 1848 – 29 May 1935
| Birth | 5 Apr 1848 |
| Death | 29 May 1935 |
| Cemetery | Fairview Cemetery Joplin , Jasper County , Missouri , USA |
| Added by | OldSoul-Progressive Spirit on 27 Jun 2025 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/163356272 |
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BIO: Mr. Martin was twice married. His first wife was Miss Charo Burns, who bore him four children and died after a number of years of married life. After the death of his first wife Mr. Martin remained a widower for some time, but when his children married and found homes of their own and age began to assert itself, he sought the consolation of an agreeable helpmeet and met and married Mrs, Charlotte Arterburn, a widow, who still survives him. She nursed him throughout his last illness with all the tender care that a loving wife could give and still hold dear the memory of the deceased. The present Mrs. Martin has a son by a former marriages—Albert Arterburn, born January 21, 1877, in Cherokee county, Kansas. He married Ruth McMillin, and the two children born to the union are Roy, born December 6, 1900, and in attendance at the Washington school of Joplin; and Hazel, born May 2, 1905, a small pupil at the Eugene Field school; Mrs. Martin, widow of the immediate subject, is a remarkable lady in many respects. She enjoys much note for her writings and has composed a number of poems, the longest and most admired of which is her description of an interesting trip made by her in the summer of 1905 and entitled "From Joplin, Missouri, to the Pacific Coast and Return," This, graphically describing the scenes and pleasures of the trip, she has had printed in pamphlet form for distribution among her friends, whom she possesses in great number. The description of this pilgrimage touches upon the departure; Portland ; the comopolitan population of the city ; the Pacific Ocean; Checo Springs; Yellowstone Park; its animals; and the return Home. The last. division of the poem gives an insight into Mrs. Martin's love of her Missouri home and friends, and is given below in part: "Music sweet, music soft, lingers round the place, And, Oh, I feel the olden charms that time cannot efface, Then give me but my homestead roof; I ask no palace dome, For I can live a happy life with those I love at home," Mrs. Martin ia a daughter of Dr. T. N. Selby, a well-known Missouri physician, who was born November 30, 1810. on the Cumberland River in Kentucky, and died after a useful and active life in Newton county, Missouri, the date of his demise being March 21, 1890. The mother, Mary E. (Moody) Selby, was a native of North Carolina and her union with Dr. Selby was celebrated in Indiana in 1834. This worthy woman died August 28, 1889, in Newton county, the mother of nine children and of one hundred descendant. [The History of Jasper County and its people, by Joel Thomas Livingston, Public Domain] Charlotte Martin May 29, 1935 Jasper Joplin 16862
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- Louisia E Selby Akers 1837–1921
- Julia Ann Selby Shadwick 1841–1927
- Harriett Lavina "Hattie" Selby Hutchison 1845–1918
- Juletta Comfort Selby Sturdevant 1854–1913
- William McAfee Selby 1859–1932
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